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I am convinced that climate change will present society with the greatest challenge humanity has yet faced or may ever face. By "society", I mean todays' society, not tomorrows. Yes, this means…Continue

must read blog... "Dear God,Despite the fact that making it rain in Texas was too much to ask you for, even though it would have saved lives, eliminated suffering for tens of thousands of your…Continue

"Thank you for responding Ann. Yes, I am familiar with the carbon extraction machines. They look to be quite practical - once we figure out what to do with the carbon that is extracted.There are two problems the machines won't solve…"

"A few years ago, I edited an article on geoengineering. It might relieve you to know that there ARE technologies that could combat global warming. For instance, one could actually build a factories that sucked carbon dioxide back out of the air.…"

"I keep the furnace temp low in my house,drive small car, and turn off lights when not in use. However, with countries measuring their success by how much growth they have and an ever increasing and unsustainable population increase, what good will…"

"first, thanks for the podcast link. I listened twice.
The kid was alright, she didn’t sound like an entirely lost cause. (Would be interesting to do an interview with her in 3 years.) It’s not her fault but it is…"

""Is this an issue of ability or will?"It's an issue of will. Yes, the evidence suggests that we can stablize climate. It will require great changes - especially to those of us who enjoy a privileged life, as well as…"

"Larry, I have one question for you: Is this an issue of ability or will? More specifically, are we capable of forcing a stabilization of the climate with our existing resources and technology, but simply lack the conviction to do so?
If…"

"Thanks Andrea, I agree with your points, but let me ask you this:What obligation do I have to try to convince others of the predicament that science has told us that we are in? Wouldn't this make me almost like an evangelical…"

I am convinced that climate change will present society with the greatest challenge humanity has yet faced or may ever face. By "society", I mean todays' society, not tomorrows. Yes, this means us. I have come to this conclusion after studying this topic with as much objectively and open mindness as I could muster for over 3 years. I've read just about every climate related book, scientific report and website that I could find ... and this includes sources that are skeptical. The opposing…See More

"The Middle East. It's not something I would actually advocate for others to do, really I want to be in Germany or somewhere in Western Europe, but I ended up getting really lucky over there. It's not something I wanted to do for long…"

"I'm hoping I can manage to get out of the US. Where did you escape to? I spent a year in Germany while I was at university and for the first time in my life not only experienced what it was like to have healthcare but experienced a working…"

"Wow, Clive, I guess sometimes it takes someone from the outside to let us know what the objective reality is. I never thought about the fact that smokers and drinkers pay taxes on what they consume. Were we to have national healthcare, we could…"

"I live in the UK where we have a national health service. It's not perfect, it never could be, but I can't imagine how it must be to live in a country were a broken arm or leg could cost you your house and a serious illness without…"

Lol! Well, at least you tried, Larry. Not all Atheists can give the church thing a go. So there's something to be said for that. And thank you, the pics were fun to do. My husband and I are having trouble choosing which ones! Today we're off to the doctor, cause my 3-year-old has a urinary tract infection and my newborn son has constipation. What, is this a test from God? :) Wish me luck!

Larry, I used to love the homily portion of the mass. (It was a Catholic mass you went to, I presume?) I always enjoyed hearing the priest's perspective, whether I agreed with it or not. The rest of the mass was dull, dull dull.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season with your family, and yes, my little heathen is quite plump and healthy. Keeping me up a lot (hence the reason I'm on right now). Lol. But it is to be expected, as he is only 3 weeks old. And he's quite calm. Rather like the baby Jesus. Wait a minute... maybe there's something to that....

Hi, Larry! How ya doing? Merry Xmas Eve. Or happy Winter Solstice. Lol. What do you say to an atheist? Ah, I still celebrate Xmas and Xmas Eve. It's fun, especially with kids. We just don't treat it like a religious holiday, more like a holiday with pagan traditions.

Anyhoot, I just found my comment section here on Atheist Nexus (yeah I'm a little slow) and I found your podcast you recommended on Thomas Jefferson. That's really cool. I will definitely check that out. He was a fascinating man!! I've also been getting some very interesting comments on my blog of late (some Park has responded to). One is from this Christian fundamentalist guy named "Dan" who has his own blog called "Debunking Atheists". Want to check it out just for fun? Just go to this link. If you want to see what he wrote on my blog, just go to Releasing Religion, scroll down and check out the comments section. It's given me tons of fuel for future blog posts!

Larry, I just did a piece on Thomas Jefferson. Since I got into a dialogue with my best friend (and devout Christian) about the founding fathers, it peeked my interest to research him. Especially because Glenn Beck is toting that the founding fathers were uber Christian & we have misunderstand their desire to separate church & state.

The blog was sort of born out of my own frustrations in not being able to express my religious views. Since I started it, I've been writing on it LITERALLY every day. I guess there was a lot of pent up frustration there!!

I, myself, am a recovering Catholic, so I hear you. And even after I stopped attending church in my 20's, I still was employed by tons of churches as a singer. But looking back, it just never worked for me. I'm thankful to people like Richard Dawkins & to websites like this one that make me feel like it's okay to be a free-thinker.